Arts and Sciences News

Dr. Bill Fuller, associate professor of mathematics, chaired the panel discussion, “The Ohio MAA 2012 Calculus Survey” at the fall meeting of the Ohio Section of the Mathematics Association of America (MAA) at Baldwin-Wallace University. The other members of the panel were the members of the... more

The Ohio Northern University Center for Teacher Education received full reaccreditation for its undergraduate teacher training programs for seven years through the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).“The reaccreditation of our Center for Teacher Education by NCATE... more

Forrest Clingerman, associate professor of religion, is author of an essay published in the latest issue of Theology (January 2013; Vol. 116, No. 1).The essay, “The ecological pilgrimage of self and community,” is part of a special issue that maps the field of environmental theology, which... more

Alisa Agozzino, Ph.D., assistant professor of public relations, presented “A Crash Course in Social Media” for parents, students and staff of Sycamore Community Schools on Nov. 27. The program was designed to help individuals better understand various social media platforms, how social media... more

Alisa Agozzino, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication arts, presented a “Short Course on Modern Teaching Using Social Media” at the National Communications Association conference, Nov. 15 in Orlando, Fla.She said, “This short course explored the multiple dimensions of social media tools and... more

The Ohio Northern University Department of Art and Design will hold its annual Student Juried Art and Design Exhibition in the Elzay Gallery of Art from Dec. 1-9. A public reception and awards presentation will be held Sunday, Dec. 2, from 2-4 p.m.For many years, a committee of sophomore art and... more

At the 2012 CMS National Conference, Nov. 15-18 in San Diego, Calif., Dr. MJ Sunny Zank presented a paper titled “Genji and Gagaku: Traditional Japanese Music in Contemporary Animation.”In addition, two of her musical reviews have been published by the American String Teach Journal: Review of WALTZ... more

Thomas Steinberger, a junior from Waynesfield, Ohio, advised by Dr. Mohammad Zaki, was recognized twice in ‘The College Mathematics Journal’, November 2012 issue, for the correct solutions he submitted to problems 961 and 965. Steinberger is a mathematics major and a member of the ONU-SOLVE Problem... more

On Oct. 31, 2012, Dr. Mihai Caragiu, professor of mathematics, presented the invited talk "Beyond High School Science Fairs: The Senior Capstone Project" at the University of Findlay's Mathematics Colloquium.The talk was an itinerary through a number of themes investigated in Caragiu's... more

On Sept. 28, 2012, Dr. Mihai Caragiu, professor of mathematics, presented the talk "Some explicit examples of paradoxical tournaments" at the fall conference devoted to Statistics in Sports held at Miami University. The speaker presented a number of arithmetical ways of explicitly constructing... more